ONION BLOSSOMS

      Title: ONION BLOSSOMS
  Categories: Vegetables
       Yield: 4 Servings
  
       2 lg Sweet onions; unpeeled
     1/2 c  Mayonnaise
     1/2 c  Sour cream
       1 tb Chili powder
   2 1/2 ts Cajun seasoning; divided
   1 1/2 c  Flour
       1 c  Milk
            Oil for deep frying
  
   Leaving root end intact, peel oputer skin off onion. Cut a small
   slice off top.  Starting at the top of onion and on one side make a
   cut downward toward root end, stopping 1/8th inch from bottom. Make
   additional cuts 1/8 inch fron first until there are cuts completely
   across top of onion. Turn onion 1/4 turn so slices are horizontal to
   you. Repeat cuts, 1/8 inch apart, until it looks like a checkerboard
   pattern across top. To make dip: In a small bowl combine mayonnaise,
   sour cream, chili powder and 1 1/2 teaspoons Cajun seasoning.  MIx
   well. In 1 gallon plastic bag combine flour and remaining Cajun
   seasoning. Place milk in small, deep bowl. Coat cut onion with flour.
   DIp in milk and then in flour mixture again. Fry in enough oil to
   cover onion at 350 degrees for 5 minutes, or until golden brown.
   Place on serving plate. Discard very center of fried onion blossom.
   Place a few spoonful of dip in center. Serve immediately.
   
   Source: posted by Elizabeth Eich,74152,1537 formatted by Lisa
   Crawford, 6/21/96
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